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Show HOW THE children found the pole. dear The Gooa Old Elephant . Itrsl - passenger to V ha ai taking. Bo a war they went to look for tha Inla. Dont talk about It ary nm.l 'Will It h a real polar1 asked Dolly. deep far: "Win it bo made of aandr Dolly. Th anow !a At thia tha boy laughed and nudged you to walk. Toil would Fat very wet and don't But oold. tiara a woro fret, par- - cacti other. i a of think will mamma "tliiraa it win. aald M:i. It might p.sn." hap window a barber-- ! polo, all rrd and white stripe. " Aa Dolly aut at tha dining ;ier elbows And It might bo a bean pole." added looking out on tne.whlic on tha window aaat and lie- - 'are Jut a Morgan, chuckling. M.n-g.daah-1 came and Max little frnwny, Un they went, but no on tha mad. Oh. :ng up to lha kitchen no. One play Anile explorer In' Indians!" shouted, they looking Tha way led through the Urnr. "Flaying tha road, up at their little alatcr in t o window, .acroaa a meudow. up over a llwie hill 'Hold on to your fcftir, lchk rm; niljht uluro of rvrrewii , jvuvt ft liHnKtful like your arilp. a itma ahlntiig with Ire and anow. of There uuukira Dolly laughed and frit of l.er ydlow hnlt waa made, and tha bundle curl. iwaa quickly ealen. aa!d mamnin. Boya. thei 'Wow that uur provision era gone we've kitchen door, what are you Max got to And that pula preMy quick, maid, and Morgan generally were eunieililng be-- ! Morgun. aldea their real selves. Hurrah! Off wa go!" shouted Mas, OillyWeva!iMfl Intllana!" they !Tled. "Whoo,i-lrome to take veu prisoner. and they And away they flew down the hill, tlie ., emoothiy oyer the enow har.da no that sh In tlie the aide. TUt. and Dully circle fnrnieil by their arm , holding fiat tli Down. down wlih "I want you tu he something r . son."! lu ahower from Hex a heel. ahr enlil. "I ahould Ilka Arctic "nor "y!n a HMheypnlledup. with rreat flourlel.; Do you think you couhir' explorers. bealrie a tall, white pole that had a Max. i hull at It. t.wv "Why. how funny, mamma." What do you want 111 to Iii:.l? Thus fel- Here we are! cried Max and , l0Jkln f"r t!" Nortbl While Hex barked loudly, andMorgan, Doin' "Hurrah! Hurrah! We've found I'll tell you Vrhat T want yn t to And. .creamed the pole!" enld mamma, and bending m.-- her ahe Tlien, aa ahe looked nhnn her and eaw Iwhlepcml to them a minute. where .he wae. ahe cried: Wliy. If All right, mamma," crud tha buys. flagpole! It Isn't a ltean pole at And aud. grandpa It'll be a Jolly 1 w aud mn go to ace my ear, we ran lake aoma provisions, cant all; on her birthday!" grandma we. like real explorers?" Bo waa drawn rloae to the "W rnurwc you may. Tun may have porchtheandtoboggan Dolly waa lined out and put In aome Of the ginger cookie 1 am baking." rare' "Bay. Dolly, were going to e Arctic ex-- j ..xv were Arctic explorer, grandma" Into t.ie rlc1 the imya, plorerc, cried Morgan coming in imm wlih Hex dining room. ;a.t their heel. And lotik for the po!added Max. pV." tn, Vea. and we found your flagn.de, onlv O goody.SV. May I, mtimm.i. Iw anew wa In my eyea and I iliiln't Yea. dear, If youll not tn etlr know It wa your yard. I like to And pole, off the toboggan until you hate found aiild Dolly, a thejl like to he an explorer," pole- .he snuggled down In grandma's lap and "I promise, mamma," Ipreiimed to lutten lo a splendid atnry, .ueli Bcrausc, dear, If you catch more cold, a grandma could iilwwy tell, about wnen I couldn't think of letting you go lo aha wua a little girl. grandma'a. you know, added mamma with twinkle In her eye. IJttle Mary had been acarehlng high and ja I In an hour or an, when the un waa ahln- - low for her new dull, which ahe wae tu very warmeet, the ealvacnde act lowed to have only on epeclal ocoaeloue. out. Max and Morgan had lied a bux on. Finally. In desperation, ahe called to Inc the toboggan bo that Dolly mold lean nurac. Wont you pinnae And her for ma? 'against it and be enugly tucked up. and The laet time I new her ahe waa In that hall cluacl on the ehelf that la tlie etlckl- you Slid all of them and put them together properly Hex, who was hitched t the nleigli.aieat-oulstepped proudly off aa if lie knew what ! to ! lr i - J , u-- i , - a' , bon ',I. i j f' Pe" i . r make-believ- aiul-no- I - g ' I j number of In the picture you will find hidden they will a pell the wonl which will complete the rente. A CALAMITY IN letter, If ." SQU1RRELVILLE. Frisk, Frolic, Fluff and Chatterbox, were Cut out tha elephant, cutting out every peeling C to D. Fold down tho long triseated at dinner with their parents. Father space X. Cut oil line A half through th angle ut the line Just In front of tho driver, I heard a curious Squirrel remarked. tail section and paste the tall double. Cut peeling the tab B along tha line of th sound In the forest on the line O down to th black and white elephant's face and trunk. Paete tha tip What did It aouml like?" cried tlie little squirrels all together. pointed bonier of the blanket. Past driver of the trunk together. Fold and paste the and howdith double aa fur the line B. Fold leg together a yon eee by th email 1 cannot say,'' said their father. It th section liekiw B at right anglee to the model, folding down tho section I and beat the air and rang In my earn. Then back andjpaHtlng It to F. Fold tlie tail downward liowdah to form tho elephant came a splintering sound, followed by a fold down tho aldo view of tlie elephant. I and th elephant will be complete. crash that shook the woods. Do you suppose come new animal has come to our wood?" said Mother Bright Eyee, anxiously. It must ha an immense A beast." This made a great Impression upon tha Fair Anne, who How to Arrange a Christum Wigwam. mndron little houa Will and children and they agreed privately to And elope away from The l.ghla bring all turned on, and out tha cause of this atnuiga eound. MAlUlAltET'll Idea of having a Cousin Turn Inside the wigwam besldo tn Christ a of liiHtead of next rest the before wigwam Early morning big hamper, th doors were opened and ' tha trew proved a very great Bright Eyes family were astir, four merry throng entered, perfectly wild dear pursued and was again brought back. aa well aa a derided novelty. the Utile gray shadows stole through the by her with expectation. As he handed tha proa-tu- ts Three tall clothes pola-- were brought tn woods. Once out of eight of their own out Manta" made such remarks as from tho yard and tied at tha lop to form lha tree they frolicked Joyously, leaping from nice corfollowing watch," Big limp a huge tripod, which was sot In one branch to branch and chattering saucily. chief heap fine umbrel," "White papoose ner of the room. Over this tripod kheria very line irate parent plied his Suddenly upon the stillness fell a clear, so more and ot the same dolly," .heartlessly, say. war smoothly draped; tacked lightly kind. There was much sharp sound, the ringing stroke of the ax! pleasant surprise by pins to th eheets, completely covering expressed at the Innovatkin, The little squirrels plucked each others' but the sucthem, waa while Sheet wudding. seiurated cess was genuine end assured, and tilers fur In fear. Thl out. was so aids that (he fussy will be Hirer Christinas wlgwama and Frolic, the boldest, urged the other on. wadding waa very thickly aiirlnklrd with Hnntus that I know of this approachPresently they came to a clearing, littered In the so It diamond thut were dust, There trees. fallen with stumps and ing Christmas; three families who will his course away, in He caused bold and gas light like anow In the sunshine. Pro- change the pine trees Into wlgwama." the woodmen, great, brawny armed foljecting from the top of the wlgwara was a io we, each swinging hie axe. The chips amall too of a pin tree. pf wood flew aa they rained stroke after The flap of the wigwam were turned stroke on a tall hemlock. Suddenly the back, and fared with the diamond dnated woodmen Jumped back, tha tree trembled, wadding, making a "V" shaped entrance. paused a moment, then splintering aud Directly above tho open flop waa an obgroaning, crashed to tha ground. deafer child's his to And, appeal, long piece of Bristol Imard, upon which The squirrels, who never before had seen waa painted in nil lettering the following 'a man, shivered with terror. Their Uttla lines from JllMwutha "changed the hearts hammered against their riba, and Th whole pine trees Into wigwams." 'their eyes filmed over with dlatreae. It waa siinvninilcd by a bordering of holly i was a dreadful eight. A hemlock was to loaves and berries. Bo far the effect la them a home. Indeed, their parents had very beautiful when the room 1 brillianthousefirst when one In began lived they set the marriage love her and Upon ly lighted. Now for the Indian Bants accord turned one With they There It waa, hidden away In tha tree, keeping. (Tans who dwells In thl wonderful wigand wam. Cousin Tom, dark, tall. Ill ho and flawing room, library, dining room and did not adventure lhclr account of The tlichen complete with dearest furniture of straight aa an arrow, made an (deni ono. their anxiety. lessen parents' hut. squirrel else. On the dining tstole Aunt Margaret sacrificed a small turkey wt with aoorn cups and pistes, smoked a The next morning Frolic, who went out feather duster for th Indian head drenu. AT reKed uery meal of baked chestnuts and to play before breakfast, waa late in waa very easily contrived. which He lived to see TrUGHT reconciled which did ere long at ntmbled nMnf eggs, white crayons were used for making in the upper turning. The family seated themselves and hnnehea of the tree were the bed chiun-h- n the table without him. Suddenly a mufbed A hi on furs. single stripe jlhe AND TfttN and a large nursery with the cun--n fled eound emote their carat tha dreaded blanket of deep red was hi drapery, and THWGNT.l Ingest beds, bureaus, trash atanda and stroke of the axe, and this tlma It waa a pair of much ornamented slippers START (riba you ever eaw. In every room were their own tree! The poor little aqulrrel brown overalls, with a his adorned fet: TfiAT THAT of tags, or strips or red and mp, woven of aqulrrel fur, for Bfra sat froaen with terror. Not ona moved fringe deep Bright Eyes was a prudent housewife and a whisker. Then the table lurched forUA3 A blue cloth, sewed down each outside seam, a ripe age, leTt And, dying Annie and teak advantage of the time when her fam-B-y ward. sending the aoorn cups and plates ZTTLA-mode up quite an effective costume. The tiVE3VH?r abed their eoatg to earpat and blanket the chairs room, across the spinning pack" of this truly American Santa Clam her home. MD- - A 7 BUGHT covered with whit over, and the squirrels found a was hamper, large tipped DQ-GA- Ftr This chestnut tree waa, aa DZAN dusted and diamond you must themselves lying, bruised and beaten, wadding muslin and know, a One residence dor Bqulrrelvilla, fog under piles of their own broken furniture. overflowing with gif la Huts of holes In nut bearing trees are were deafened by a great noise and They high, aa they supply both food and lodging: half Anne lias at Inst romo to the mil of lier adventures. Tut out the small pictures of giiimnlg at the top of the frightened to death. It waa totally Tha poorer classes of have to live dark and tha air waa full of dust. The tree picture and pnute them in the vacant squirrels spaces In the verse. If you ran paite the rljfht pictures in the proper places, the hi nwplea, alma, and evergreens and forage had tolled. names of the animals will supply tlie missing words In tho verse. hr their food. Whan tho squirrels dared at last to stir. - 0e day, aa the four little squirrel. end bad found that no one waa Injured be- All the family fell to tunnelling with reAT THE BIRDS' HOSPITAL yond a few bruises, they started to look newed vigor, and the dawn was red the matter of sanitarium, the birds over tha hour. The tree had fallen on 11 tha arratchers outride had reached the side so that tho aide walls served aa Soar aerstehers Inside an-- l the happy little aquir, lai as lueky and stylish as the rats and ldi and In largo cities rleh birds have rela stood again In their beloved forest. and celling. We must get mrt of thin. said Father And were more tree chopped down and their osn private hospital and boarding Squirrel. They made their way rautlniisly mors famine of wood folk thrown lni house. sent to tho door leading through tha knothole distress? No Indeed. The little people of1 pihrvs.to which Mid "ro to tbs open air. Ala! It waa closed. The the woods are wise, and they had a great, when they are 111 there am many larg . with bird tree had fallen so that the knothole was moving day and found far themselves new airy, sunny rooms filled and walla. TIiro on the under side, prrossd close to th hornet many league nway in tha drep for-- ! hanging from tha coiling competent bird Aetor. nurses, glass ground, thus cutting off tha only means eat. And the more prudent of them took and bathtubs, modern ap-r'operating table of escape for th squirrel. They were H. 'UeL-it-v plianesa. Instrument, bandages and svery- prisoner In their own home.' The most delicate oper Ijjfc; thing antiseptic. There was but on thing to do to tun-- ! ations are performed on the birds' slender nel away the earth from the knothole and ' ' ' legs and wings. When broken or dislocated with daws and teeth they aro carefully bandaged and put In daylight. They all took Colds, hoarseness and all the work. splints. wearisome eifr V M vjh other disease of the throat aro successfulBright Eyes found aE ly cured. In some cages little onbirds with th asRiatanca of soft beda bandaged limbs are seen lying squirrel, sh served of cotton. Tbs alck ones with drooping the worker. corner. In a hands mope But what was happening tn tha meanft' ."ft. W Borne little birds are not clean. They time to Frolic, who waa playing outside He occurred? had be taught, and even forced, every must when tho calamity wandered further than usual Into the wood day to take a Iwth, and are oftenisscrubbed don at with a little brush. Thia, too, and had mt little Bamiqy Bquirrel cookthe hospitals. ing porridge hi a kettle hung on three beblrda Moat canary sing aweelly, atlll crossed sticks, with a Jolly little blase othera must he taught to imitate the good neath. IJttle Sammy politely Invited Frolic to breakfast, and he gladly acsingers by putting them In a room toAt the gether for several hours a day. Instruccepted. They were Just emptying their birds' boarding house tha singing porridge bowls when they heard the great, as a offers tion Is moat successful, and era ah. aiieclal attraction a daily free concert from Both Frolic and Bammy bounded to the to sunset. sunrise spot, only to set theity dear horn tree At time th musical programme la not lying with broken boughs on Die ground. very choice, eapeetal!?, when the canaries, They did not dare approach the woodmen, but skirting around In the near tree top parrots and magplea alt wish to sing, talk hole was knot on tha the and chatter at tha some time. All kinila made out that of birds that can either sing or talk are under aide of the tree, and the family were admitted as hoarders. Tha owners often of course Imprisoned In Its trunk. out on wood insurance all policies chopper' thrir uU in beautiful, costly gilded Hvn Frolic and Sammy knew at one what to their poaaeaslona do. They ran through the forexl, stopping 'cages I , The luttpllw house keeper, who la at the at every tree dwelling, warning red and tub crii aviv tHF fiVCiDoo ;. at the top, wa see first tho Fast this Bled on cardboard and when gray same time a bird doctor, is very kind and f a woodchucks. chipmunk, kxndl.. squirrel, is all aolld on line. pj? th. by which the gentleman It la dry carefully cut Utile feathered bo.rd.-re- . pit lent with her for !eepy owl and nil the bird kind of their If you were me in,? If ? were you. ! "Jnif while the lady takes Score and fold on all dotted line, excepttheir well being. Bba 'anl i r"li nil? responsible a and of the calling gathering liip B with langer. wrapped In fur. Be-t- ing the little one connecting I all folded vondlnnd elans for the relief of the Rrlght Aa dear to you aa mine la lo mer itti ..L buck, to which are th chair leg. After the sled to alov and perform bow ela.nlln, "A" ?yes family aa soon aa twilight should el!te the Nat and the Into a form like the nn'.ilol paste Up fciif all. C Fart lap a." seat at the lege and. under the I"Forto' th.t,Ih8,h1 'd' B1, 'Tta trui!,The little bird are grateful for goodSp. at star lighting. whengll the wood-te- n were me and If I were you. Attached to the seat la Paste Up "D" on to "d.1 and, lastlj Tbev know her well, ana ! had gone home to their cabins. Curve the push be called the seat front, lap B" behind h.1 t'ra .lav th the floor of the handle by rolling It lengthwise over a Father Bright Eyes, toiling wearily at the : A:t' .hr : heard .an answering floor by dotted lines 'round pencil. Don't forgvt to bend the llt- - envy t! Hr-rground, is n Cut it out ami cut out the white photograph Into 'cratch, scratch of rainy claws from tlie '1 i " J rd, "t1,1 the lower half of tie tp up so tbit the ledv ms Tlu-In tin buck or tint spare phi'v 1 lu: pliuingviiphs of your FRITZ KOCH. outside. w,:;i t.'i runners ,ih. rttd. A M. av.y to a wee hit of sugar. boh- ill Lk- surprixiil :it tho mnni'kahlo rrsulL. tree looked like a hundred ottieral In the forest, a gnarled clieetnut with bread horlaontal limbs and a large Just the placo knothole In one side. for a squirrel's nest, a boy would say. an aa Indeed It waa If you looked into the bole you would an fry leaves, a doaen bits of hark, a forgotten acorn and a dark paaaaga lending Into the heart of the tree. If you wera a aqulrrel, calling on the family of Hr. Bright Kyes. you would follow the puswge into the tree until you cams to a door. Mrs. Bright Eyea. answering your cratch at her portals, would admit you to ra ADVENTURES orANNL did run with NEW IDEA EOR CHRISTMAS FUN. Jack, AIXT Was father w, a I That I they i In-dl- Will to ainu-klr- fear than ail fair ! heriormer ' he ftl them rR3T befall i I A at to ' MA(fIen The Funny Photograph Folk. Russian Sled tor Paper e Dolls. : . g, r; ("XT J- fosi-n.,- he s , ov-"- b?1? I et J c "a r frh-iul- |